Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-02

with Corint::ian or Ionic capitals. Some
of the tombs have a vault beneath, and
all are provided with inches for the re-
ception of the cinersry urns. They very
much remind one CT the little chapelS in q
mocern Catholic cemetery, such as tbs
Naples Campo Santo. The first tomb
excavEted, being the one nearest to 2 IN
pei on the north side of the road, is Gov
cred with rude inscriptions painted in
red, one of which is notable; it is an
advertisement apprising the passer-hy
that runaway horse has been
found of such size and color, and that
the owner may have it by applying to 8
smith from Nocera, at the bridge over the
Sarno, toward Stabls. In fact, such IN
scripiions gre found ON all The tombs,
which have evidently served as public
newspaper on the thickly frequeuted
road. There are besides many grzphites.
! One person has scratched his name With
the word "Remember" beneath. In one
! The letter Y is very interesting from the
! fact that it is marked with dot IN the
! FORK CT the Y, which is q Renaissance Of
! the O-cGn character, causing the V to be
| pronounced more like 0. n arly
! all the rudely-traced inscriptions
! (Which, Of course, have nothing TO Go
with the true inscriptions on marble slabs
that denote tie name and qualities Of the
deceased relate to NJcera, showing the
influence Of thab neighb0riug town on
( PvmDtli. One OF the II srble inscription
gives to NUCera The surname of Constau-
tia, in relation TO Its faithfdlness-a sur
name, believe, seen here in this connec-
ton for the first time. Gue of the tombS
had been surmounted on its four corners
with stone pineappieS, interesting as sug-
gestive of this siVe CT decoration, as
noticed in the immense single pineapple
said to have crowned Hadrian's tomb in
Rome. II is curious that in the inches of
one Of the tombS stand two small head
stOnes, instead of urns.
The statues, cinerary urrs, loose mar
Bile tablets, skulls and bones have been
deposited in the room offs country cottage
hard by, all except one statue, which lies
prone on the ground near the eXcsv 4tion,
and serves, by = string passed round its
OK, to hold fast the end of q ragged
canvas stretched on a small tree as q
shelter from the suu-a mental office to
which, no doubt, the man who was OF
sufficient consideration to have q statue
never dreamed that his ettigy would be
degraded The full-length statues are all
portraits, and evidently very good Cnes,
for each Of the faces is highly Characters
tic. One elderly male figure has q fine
head and mouth of an orator; another is
a handsome young man of GreciGI type;
oEe is a dignitied old woman, grave with
years and honors, with deep lines at the
CUrGCrS g the very peculiar and firmly
pressed lips, and style OF dressing the
hair which rem'nds one Of the statues Of
Iva. Then there are, besides, middle
aged and young woman, of smoother
countenances, the latter with small, |
rather pointt d and piuched features. GA /
the haiF of one of the male statues there !
are traces OF color, and as the figures are
sculptured rather roughly in stone, the !
ST. lie resembling that OF Capue, it is pos
sible that the whole figure was once COW
cred With paint. | forgot to say that oil |
the ombs found are those CT freedmen !
Ranged in the recess CT a wall OF the |
room or lying on the ground were several |
skulls, enc of magnificent siz. and !
breadth. One had still q coin, thick with |
Verdlgris, stuck between its broken teeth, |
while in another, from some cause or |
other, the whole j W end and lower part |
OF the skull were de'Jroyed, and the cavity |
filled with hardened ashes, in witch, |
@"Oue "AoIS VIC LulOaI has DeeH, stuCh Z
coin. A few cinerarY urns and amphbr9 !
of terra C tta have been Clso found, one
Of the former double, with lid furaisAt d 7
with pipe through which to pour Hba-
tions. The exact period of these toinbs,
the details Of the Inscriptions, etc, have
not yet been scientifically ascertaiaed,
but my friend told me that they were
probably OF the periods of Julius CmsarI
and Tiberius. II is very likely that when Z
this street Of tombs is excavated back toi
POmppii older and perhaps more sumptu-
Gus tombs will be found, being generally,
tn ugh not always, the case, that sfs4
erecting OF tombs ls begun Glossy to the +
city and extended farther into ths country
as occasion requires.